An historic 1,200 square metre mansion on the French Riviera has become one of the most expensive property sales in Cannes, going recently to an Eastern European buyer after a few years on the market at €55m.
Château Soligny nestles in around 8,000 square metres of landscaped gardens...]]>

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Reports from Notting Hill suggest the local market has sped up significantly in recent months, as vendors get real and buyers sense some value is to be had.
The average number of days between a property being listed and going under offer in the neighbourhood fell by 42% in the year to the end...]]>

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Buying the local manor house or a country estate is an exciting prospect - for most it’s the realisation of a dream - but there is more to consider than one might imagine.
Such architectural gems and trophy houses – something that could set you back £8m-plus – tend to come with a...]]>

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A nine-bed mansion on Kensington's Phillimore Estate has found a buyer, more than three years after making a splash as the UK's most expensive online instruction.
The handsome period pile on Phillimore Gardens made national headlines in late 2015 when the vendor plumped to list it with...]]>

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Over 500 people have chipped in to raise nearly £2m for high-end property crowdfunding platform CapitalRise; it took the firm just 3.5 days to reach its £1.5m target on the Seedrs platform, and it's keeping things going "for a short while longer" to see how high it can go.
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Grosvenor has secured the services of one of the UK's top media bosses, Dawn Airey.
The former Getty Images CEO, who previously headed up Channel 5 and held senior roles at Yahoo, ITV and Sky, has been signed up as a non-exec director, as the firm ramps up its efforts to deliver thousands of...]]>

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Estate agency Jackson-Stops has been appointed by The Howard de Walden Estate as one of four retained letting agents - despite not having a branch on the Marylebone patch.
The family-owned Howard de Walden Estate covers the majority of buildings in a 92-acre swathe of Marylebone in central...]]>

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Self-proclaimed "entrepreneurs' bank" OakNorth has more than tripled its pre-tax profits, reporting a surge from £10.6m in 2017 to £33.9m in 2018.
The four-year-old finance business, which specialises in lending to established property developers and growing British businesses, has now lent...]]>

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Analysis of market activity over the last three years looks to have pinpointed the very height of the buying season in the UK.
On average, more properties go under offer during the month of May than at any other time of the year, according to Knight Frank's research team, who have combed...]]>

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Following the publication of new TPO guidance on dual fees, designed to curb the rising number of disputes, veteran agent Trevor Abrahmsohn steers us through the labyrinthine world of inter-agency dealings, offering his thoughts on best practice, and harking back to a high-profile - and...]]>

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The UK's average house price fell by 0.8% between December 2018 and January 2019, according to the latest official UK HPI. That leaves the annual price rise at 1.7% (down from +2.2% in December), and makes the average property in the UK worth £228,147.
This is the lowest annual growth for...]]>

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